Four
squares, four players,
bouncing ball square to square.
Line of children wait their turn,
wait their turn, their turn to share.
Player who misses ball is out,
next in line steps in to share.
Bouncing ball player to player,
four players playing four-square.

Ball
that is tethered to a pole,
around the pole a circle write.
Two players in half a circle,
hits the ball past the other player.
Other player must stop the ball,
change direction within the circle.
Victory is when rope wound tight,
when the ball up tight to pole.

Red, black checks across the board,
two players ready set begin.
Red, black chips placed on the board.
first player makes his move.
Chips progress across the board,
Red chips passing black.
Opposing chips confront on board,
black chip jumps a red.
Reaching other side of board,
black chip is crowned as king.
Now fight back across the board,
red chips captured, you’re the king.

Hide
and seek around the park,
to find the special hiding place.
“1, 2, 3,” behind a tree,
scampering here and there.
“4, 5, 6,” too many sticks,
must seek another place to hide.
“7, 8, 9,” next seeker turn, be mine,
so I find a tree or bush to hide.
“10 !” the seeker calls out loud!
now begins the hunt, one by one.
Excitedly, quietly, waiting…
I'm found!

Badminton
by Roger W HancockLittle
birdie back and forth,
not the earth but on the court,
between the south and north.
Short trip across the court,
racket ports across the net,
simply for the birdie sport.

Spin the bottle ‘round and ‘round,
where it stops who will it point,
as the bottle goes ‘round and ‘round?
boy, girl, boy, girl, sitting around a circle,
the nearest opposite the bottle points,
is the one, who you must kiss!

Mother May I?
by Roger W Hancock
listen carful to mother’s orders,
ask if “Mother May I?”.
if Mother says yes you may,
Then follow the orders given.
If says, “No”, you better stay,
Or else you start again!

Bounce the ball, grab one jack,
catch the ball with jack in hand.
another bounce, grab two jacks,
then catch the ball before it lands.
with each bounce collect more jacks,
then catch the ball for a victory stand.

Chalk marks on the walk to hop,
Hop one foot ‘less two squares.
Skip the square your marker lands,
pick it up when scotching back.
Hop with feet within the squares,
upon a line will toss you out.
Keeping balance all the time,
to hop within the scotch.

Two Geocaching Rhymes
- Geocaching - can be sporting but is certainly a game.

A real-world treasure hunt, Geocaching is a rather new
game/activity where all you need is yourself access to the internet (try
your library if you not have internet access) and a GPS (Global
Positioning System) Device (Apps. on many cell phones) to help you find
the co ordinance of a posted cache.

Cache of cache sites on a website,
use coordinance to help you sight.
Hidden treasure for your pleasure,
hunt and find in your leisure
Follow cell phone or GPS device,
to guide you to the treasure site.

Geocaching is eco hunting;
urban, rural, city or suburbs.
Find the cache superbly hidden,
allowing others to see, forbidden.
Put back the prize or place another
continue on to next cache tour.
When you've got the inclination,
hide a cache near your location.